The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ Kaduna has reported that it recorded 130 seizures of different contraband items at various locations in the Zone with total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N305.71 million from January to February this year
The Zonal Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Customs (SC), I. Sulaiman, listed the seized items as including 9 units of used vehicles, 2 units of means of conveyance, 724 bags of foreign rice (50kg each), 6 cartons of foreign machetes, 163 jerrycans vegetable oil (25 litres each), and 646 cartons of foreign spaghetti and macaroni.
Sulaiman also disclosed other seized items as 90 bales of foreign secondhand clothing, 569 packs of foreign unregistered pharmaceutical products, 119 packs of unregistered Tramadol, Tramaking 225mg, 17 sacks of foreign secondhand shoes, 7 cartons of foreign cigarettes, 147 pieces of foreign jack knives, 50 cartons of foreign soap and 635 kegs of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) of 25 litres each.
Totally, he puts the total Duty Paid Value, DPV, of the seized items at N305,710,544.55k and maintained that the seized items were arrested in contravention of the Federal Government policies regarding imports and exports and were deposited at various Customs Formations in the Zone.
According to him, in line with the extant laws and guidelines, the seized PMS was auctioned as directed by the NCS Headquarters, and the proceeds were remitted to the coppers of the Federal Government.
Sulaiman explained that the operatives of the Unit under the leadership of Comptroller Musa Ibrahim Jalo had intensified the fight against smuggling across the border areas to make more arrests and cause financial loss to the smugglers.
He quoted the Comptroller as reiterating the commitment of the operatives to renewed efforts in the fight against smugglers and charging the communities around the border areas to provide useful information that will assist the Unit in achieving its mandate.
